Pad comprising a pressure element

Abstract

A pad, in particular for orthopedic aids, comprising a pad pressure element. The invention also relates to orthoses, bandages, or compression garments which comprise pads according to the invention.

1 . A pad for orthopedic aids or compression garments, comprising:
 a pad base body of a first material and at least one pad pressure element of a second material, the pad pressure element embedded in the pad base body at least in part, and the first material of the pad base body being softer than the second material of the pad pressure element; and   at least two rows of at least three elevations each, the at least two rows of elevations not extending in parallel at least in one portion, and the elevations protruding from a base element of the pad pressure element.   
     
     
         2 . The pad according to  claim 1 , wherein the pad pressure element comprises three to six rows of at least three elevations ( 110 ,  610 ,  810 ) each. 
     
     
         3 . The pad according to  claim 1 , wherein the rows each have four to twelve elevations. 
     
     
         4 . The pad according to  claim 1 , wherein two adjacent rows of the at least two rows of at least three elevations each in the non-parallel portion extend at an angle of at least 3° and at most 25° to one another. 
     
     
         5 . The pad according to  claim 1 , wherein the at least two rows of at least three elevations each in the pad base body are positioned to be located in a region of muscle strands when the pad is applied and function to exert pressure on the muscle strands. 
     
     
         6 . The pad according to  claim 1 , wherein the base element of the pad pressure element comprises at least one hole, and at least two elevations being positioned on the base element at an edge of the at least one hole. 
     
     
         7 . The pad according to  claim 6 , wherein the at least two elevations are connected to one another via the web spanning the hole. 
     
     
         8 . The pad according to  claim 6 , wherein at least two pairs of elevations are positioned at the edge of the hole and are each connected to one another via a web spanning the hole, the webs of the two pairs of elevations intersecting, a center of the hole. 
     
     
         9 . The pad according to  claim 8 , wherein another elevation is located on and/or next to a point of intersection of the two webs. 
     
     
         10 . The pad according to  claim 6 , wherein the elevations positioned at the edge of the hole are assigned to the at least two rows of at least three elevations each. 
     
     
         11 . The pad according to  claim 10 , wherein the hole is positioned in an end region of the at least two rows of at least three elevations each. 
     
     
         12 . The pad according to  claim 6 , wherein the hole in the pad base body is positioned such that the elevations positioned at the edge of the hole are locatable in a region of a tendon-bone insertion when the pad is applied and function to exert pressure on the tendon-bone insertion. 
     
     
         13 . The pad according to  claim 1 , wherein the pad pressure element comprises at least two additional rows of at least three elevations each, the at least two additional rows of elevations extending so as to be offset in an angular range of from 75° to 105° and/or so as to be offset in an angular range of from 165° to 205° with respect to the first at least two rows of elevations. 
     
     
         14 . The pad according to  claim 1 , wherein the pad pressure element comprises at least two additional rows of at least three elevations each, the at least two additional rows of elevations extending so as to be offset by approximately 180° with respect to the first at least two rows of elevations. 
     
     
         15 . The pad according to  claim 1 , wherein the pad pressure element comprises at least four additional rows of at least three elevations, the at least four additional rows of elevations extending so as to be offset in an angular range of from 75° to 105° and/or so as to be offset in an angular range of from 165° to 205° with respect to the first at least two rows of elevations. 
     
     
         16 . The pad according to  claim 1 , wherein the pad pressure element comprises at least eight rows, preferably twelve rows, of at least three elevations each, the at least eight rows of elevations converging in the manner of rays. 
     
     
         17 . The pad according to  claim 16 , further comprising a hole is located in the pad pressure element in the center of the rows of elevations that converge in a manner of rays, at least two elevations being positioned on the base element at the edge of the hole. 
     
     
         18 . The pad according to  claim 1 , wherein the base element of the pad pressure element is web-shaped or plate-shaped. 
     
     
         19 . The pad according to  claim 1 , wherein the elevations are stud-shaped or knob-shaped. 
     
     
         20 . The pad according to  claim 1 , wherein the pad base body comprises a first base for facing a user and a second base facing away from the user, and the elevations projecting from the base element positioned in a region of the second base, which faces away from the user, and projecting in the direction of the first base, which faces the user. 
     
     
         21 . The pad according to  claim 1 , wherein the pad is selected from a group consisting of an elbow pad, a shoulder pad, a knee pad, an ankle pad, a back pad, a pad for the arm region, an a pad for an abdominal region. 
     
     
         22 . The pad according to  claim 1 , wherein the pad is an elbow pad, the base body of the pad comprising a hole for positioning the pad. 
     
     
         23 . An orthosis, bandage, or compression garment comprising a pad according to  claim 1 .